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People survey the scene of a suicide bomb attack on a Shia Muslims mosque on Monday. Photograph: Jawad Jalali/EPA Dozens killed in suicide bombing at mosque in Kabul
  • November 21, 2016, 16:00

Islamic State claims responsibility for atrocity in Afghanistan after at least 30 people die

An image shows a pool of blood and damage tp a classroom after it was reportedly hit by rebel rocket fire in the Furqan neighbourhood of the government-held side of west Aleppo, on Sunday. Photograph: George Ourfalian/AFP/Getty Images Aleppo bombings leave 250,000 without hospital access
  • Alissa J Rublin and Hwaida Saad
  • November 21, 2016, 12:18

‘You can’t imagine what it’s like living in Aleppo right now. It feels like we are living in hell’

The area near the damaged al-Hakeem hospital in the rebel-held area of Aleppo. Photograph: Reuters Syrian family of six among dozens killed in Aleppo attacks
  • November 20, 2016, 13:02

Rebel shelling kills seven children at a school in the government-held sector

A member of the White Helmets inspects the damage  at a Syrian civil defence centre recently targeted by government strikes in Aleppo’s rebel-held neighbourhood of Bab al-Nayrab. Photograph: AFP/Getty All hospitals out of action in eastern Aleppo after airstrikes
  • November 19, 2016, 20:48

The war monitor says at least 27 people, including children, were killed on Saturday

An injured boy and  a man warm themselves by a fire in a rebel held area of Aleppo. Photograph: Abdalrhman Ismail/Reuters Aleppo faces ‘bleak moment’ as aid supplies run out
  • November 18, 2016, 18:09

‘Outrageous’ situation as both sides frustrate UN attempts to deliver humanitarian relief

 A man kisses a soldier from the Iraqi Special Forces 2nd division as they queue to have their ID checked. Photograph: Anderson Odd/Getty Images  Iraqi forces expand foothold in Mosul as Isis pledges more suicide attacks
  • November 18, 2016, 14:09

Government forces still fighting in a dozen of about 50 neighbourhoods in eastern Mosul

A member of Iraqi army walks at the remains of wall panels and colossal statues of winged bulls, destroyed by Islamic State militants in the Assyrian city of Nimrud, south of Mosul, Iraq. Photograph: Ari Jalal/Reuters Surveying Islamic State’s destruction of Nimrud
  • Michael Jansen
  • November 17, 2016, 18:09

Unlike Palmyra, the heart of the Assyrian empire has been reduced to rubble

 Iraqi officers and forensics personnel inspect a site believed to be a mass grave, in Hamam al-Alil town, southern Mosul, Iraq. Photograph: EPA Islamic State may have killed 300 at Mosul mass grave site
  • November 17, 2016, 17:17

Residents say ultra-hardline militants buried victims who had been shot or beheaded

The  distinctive golden Dome of the Rock on the Hareem el-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary), or the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem, Israel. Photograph:  Jim Hollander/EPA Call to prayer or noise pollution? Israel targets mosque speakers
  • Peter Baker
  • November 17, 2016, 12:56

A controversial Bill to muzzle the muezzin has outraged the country’s Muslims

The woman in her 20s was allegedly attacked by two men from Birmingham while on holiday. Photograph: Getty Images British woman arrested in Dubai after reporting gang rape
  • November 17, 2016, 11:22

Tourist (20s) charged with having extra-marital sex in United Arab Emirates

Rescuers and civilians inspect a destroyed building in a Syrian village on the outskirts of Idlib, following air strikes by Syrian and Russian warplanes on Wednesday. Photograph: Omar haj kadour/Getty Images Members of al-Qaeda-linked group killed by air strikes in Syria, says Russia
  • November 17, 2016, 10:45

Rebel-held part of Aleppo faces into its third day of heavy bombardment by Assad’s forces

Syrian families receive aid packages from the  Al-Sham Humanitarian Foundation in the rebel-held neighbourhood of al-Marjah in Aleppo. Photograph: Karam Al-Masri/AFP/Getty Images Syrian regime ramps up air strikes on rebel-held Aleppo
  • November 16, 2016, 18:58

At least 20 killed in Russian-backed offensive and four hospitals hit, says opposition

‘Can he deliver?’ Photograph: Mandel Ngan/ AFP/Getty Images Assad ready to co-operate with Trump on Islamic State
  • November 16, 2016, 07:08

Syrian president says Damascus must ‘wait and see’ if Washington changes policies

 Russian warship Admiral Grigorovich firing Kalibr cruise missiles against  insurgent targets in Syria, off the Syrian coast, on Tuesday. Photograph: Russian defence ministry/EPA Aleppo air strikes resume as Russia begins new offensive
  • November 15, 2016, 22:16

Moscow operation shatters three weeks of relative calm in rebel-held parts of Syrian city

A damaged operation room is pictured after an airstrike on the rebel-held town of Atareb,  west of Aleppo, Syria. Photograph: Ammar Abdullah/Reuters Russian air strikes hit rebel-held Aleppo after three-week pause
  • November 15, 2016, 16:18

Between four and 10 people have already been killed in the strikes, activists say

A displaced Iraqi woman cries after she finds out that her 15-year-old son Maitham was killed by an Islamic State mortar in Samah neighbourhood, Mosul, Iraq. Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters Iraqi troops look to break Isis resistance after reclaiming Nimrud
  • November 13, 2016, 17:42

Government forces surround Mosul and recapture former capital of Assyrian empire

US president Barack Obama: his decision shows “a belated realisation that Nusra has become the most powerful insurgent group in Syria”. Photograph: Ron Sachs/Getty Images Obama changes tack with clampdown on Nusra in Syria
  • Michael Jansen
  • November 13, 2016, 15:47

US president’s order to ‘track and slay’ jihadi group’s leaders signals turnabout in policy

Staff members of a local hospital wait for casualties of bomb blast at a Sufi shrine, in Karachi, Pakistan. Photograph: Fareed Khan/AP Photo Dozens killed in bombing at Muslim shrine in Pakistan
  • November 12, 2016, 18:29

More than 100 wounded in blast claimed by Islamic State at shrine north of Karachi

Syrian pro-government forces walk around in the village of Minian, west of Aleppo, after they retook the area from rebel fighters. Photograph: George Ourfalian/AFP/Getty Images Syrian army and allies make gains in western Aleppo
  • November 12, 2016, 13:22

Government retakes Minian and nearby positions which had been captured by rebels

Iraqi special forces pull with a rope the body of an Isis fighter before handing the body over to villagers for burial near Karamah, south of Mosul. Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters UN accuses Isis of executing scores and stockpiling chemicals in Mosul
  • November 11, 2016, 14:01

Young boys used as suicide bombers to slow advance on city

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